[HQ Ignorance] Scene Three: Dilis Swamp

[Lev Lafayette]

Yes we have...

--- Nic Hughes <nicolas.h at virgin.net> wrote:

> Lev,
> 
> A really quick question, have we moved onto the next
> (half-moon) day? 
> Aalmon's confidence and magics both vary with the
> phases of the moon.
> 
> Nic
> 
> 
> Lev Lafayette wrote:
> > Scene Three: Dilis Swamp
> > ------------------------
> >
> > When the famed Gates of the University shut at
> > twilight, the fellowship congregated the Red
> Garter
> > Chapel for the oecumenical ceremony; some prayed
> > fervently to the Invisible God, others out of
> respect
> > and consideration of their atheist hosts. Ureban
> > Anostos was in sorrow over the fate of Moelene and
> his
> > brother Istevan and was joined by Donalari. All
> were
> > deep in thought of the dangers that lay ahead, not
> > only of the chaotic beasts that they would have to
> > face but the troubling issue of how to capture a
> > powerful spirit like The Nameless Man.
> >
> > The following morning a entourage escorted the
> party
> > to the outskirts of Dilis Swamp. It was clearly a
> > place of disgust and wrong. The miasma felt
> > unnaturally warm, and the brakish waters bubbled
> as if
> > some fell creatures lurked beneath the opaque
> waters.
> > Strange mists danced and swayes in the distance.
> The
> > thick plantlife was clearly abnormal in all
> regards,
> > and on occassion grasped at the limbs of the
> group.
> > Occassionally birds and small animals could be
> seen,
> > each deeply mutated examples of their True forms.
> >
> > Kalen Ironhand exclaimed that the swamp was a
> > definitive example of the grave dangers of an
> > oversupply of life, that the swamp was obviously
> an
> > example of what goes wrong when there is too much
> > vegetation, too much water and not enough earth
> and
> > rock. "What I would be able to do to this place
> with
> > with some gravel, paving stones and - dare I dream
> -
> > *concrete*", he remarked.
> >
> > The fellowship continued deeper into the
> swamplands
> > using the map provided by the sages of the
> University.
> > But in the shifting mists and dancing lights, and
> > overhanging foilage, it was clear that the map was
> of
> > little use. More reliable was Jareena, the healer
> from
> > Jonating, who had travelled these lands before,
> and
> > Karala The Spirit Guide, who could detect
> direction
> > and strength of sources of Power. Indeed, it was
> only
> > due to this ability that the the party was
> forewarned
> > by the sudden and rapid appearance of a score of
> the
> > Vroluti.
> >
> > Prior descriptions could not save one from the
> > overwhelming disgust that non-chaotics experience
> when
> > encountering these beasts. Some were like warty
> frogs
> > with unnatural colours and the horns of goats,
> others
> > like fish with vestigal hooved legs and poison
> > dripping from their dorsal spines, others carried
> > primitive spears of stone, sinew and wood. Their
> > appearance and smell and most of all the sound -
> > "V-r-r-r-o-LUT! V-r-r-r-oLUT! V-r-r-r-o-LUT!" -
> > revolted all those of True Power. 
> >
> > But the clearly murderous intent of these
> creatures of
> > Chaos steeled the nerves of those present. The
> fight
> > was on. 
> >
> >
> >
> >  
> >
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